The Hickory Dickory Dock poster that came free with Nursery World (3 August) inspired the children we care for to explore the poem and clocks further. They even built their own 6ft-high grandfather clock - and it actually works.
The three children, aged from three to eight years old, enjoyed listening to the nursery rhyme and chanting it out loud. We discussed the use of rhyming words, alliteration and repetition. Talking about the rhyme led to a conversation about clocks, such as the difference between digital and analogue clocks, and old and new ones. We discussed Roman numerals and how they represent numbers, and we looked at the 12-hour and 24-hour clock and how in some circumstances it is better to use the 24-hour clock to be more precise, such as when giving flight times.
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